> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 05:12, Olaf Hering wrote:> > Anton pointed this out.> > > > ppc32 can boot one single binary on prep, chrp and pmac boards.> > pmac has no legacy io, probing for PC style legacy hardware leads to a> > hard crash.> > Several patches exist to prevent serial, floppy, ps2, parport and other> > drivers from probing these io ports.> > I think the simplest fix for 2.6 is a request_region of the problematic> > areas.> > PCMCIA is still missing.> > I found that partport_pc.c pokes at varios ports, without claiming the> > ports first. Should this be fixed?> > smsc_check(), winbond_check(), winbond_check2()> > Note that this is still all workarounds... Nothing prevents you (and some> people actually do that) to put a PCI card with legacy serial ports on it> inside a pmac....

Sure, but will that use the same io ports? I dont have one to verify it.How does it look on a pccard modem?